8:25 PM,
Mar. 30, 2013

Sgt. Michael Marcucilli has been named in multiple brutality cases involving the Mount Vernon Police Department.

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The city police union would likely challenge any effort to discipline a sergeant who allegedly beat a 12-year-old with a baton because too much time has passed since the 2009 incident, a union lawyer said.

The city's legal department said last week that with the recent conclusion of civil litigation against Sgt. Michael Marcucilli, police officials and outside labor counsel would review his conduct to determine whether disciplinary action was appropriate.

Although state civil service law mandates an 18-month window for bringing charges, Christopher Kurtz of Bond, Schoeneck & King, ...